Kountoura: 2017 will be the best year in the history of Greek tourism

Kountoura also said that these flights will concern, among others, destinations as Kos, Rhodes, Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu, Cephalonia, Zakynthos, Aktio and Thessaloniki adding that the "the new airlinks include a large number of European cities as well as Russia, Israel and Lebanon".

Kountoura also said that new direct flights from countries from Asia, the Middle East and USA and other international markets.

Referring to the new tourist markets she referred to an opening to the Middle East, China and South Korea adding that a 30 percent increase in tourists from India is expected according to the number of visas to be issued.

Finally, she noted that the pre-reservations from all the foreign markets, traditional and new, are increased by 15-70 percent in comparison with 2016 and everything seems to be very encouraging. "2017 will be, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the best year in the history of Greece's tourism" she said.